Golden Eagle Charter

Set in Mount Shasta, California, Golden Eagle Charter is a cozy combined-grade school, one of the schools within Golden Eagle Charter District. It serves 490 students across grades K through 12.

Operationally, Golden Eagle Charter answers to Golden Eagle Charter District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Golden Eagle Charter records that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 10% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Siskiyou County put median household earnings sit near $59,095, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Siskiyou County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,059 students), Golden Eagle Charter is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mt. Shasta Elementary, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area. Golden Eagle Charter is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.